Question 1

Who best fits your group of peers?

Accepted Answer

Classmates

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Teachers

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Parents

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Younger siblings

Question 2

Which is an example of positive peer pressure?

Accepted Answer

A castmate in the school play urges you to memorize your lines

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A student in your math class asks if he can copy your homework

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Skipping school with your best friend

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Stealing something as part of a club's initiation

Question 3

Which is the best definition for positive peer pressure?

Accepted Answer

Pressure that encourages good behavior

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Influence on your behavior from a group of your peers

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Friends asking you directly to do something

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Being exposed to certain behaviors and feeling a pressure to conform

Question 4

As a freshman, you decide to go to your first high school football game. What's the most likely thing that you'll do?

Accepted Answer

Observe how the other students act and try to act the same way

Answer

Ask your little brother to explain the rules of football to you as you watch the game

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Go straight to the concession stand and pig out

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Arrive late and leave early

Question 5

Which is an example of unspoken peer pressure?

Accepted Answer

Wanting a certain brand of sneakers because lots of other kids are wearing them

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Telling your friend to drive too fast because you're late

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Convincing someone to skip school with you

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Encouraging a friend to study harder so they can make better grades

Question 6

You should pick your best friends based on:

Accepted Answer

How closely you share the same values and interests

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How they are treated by other people

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How nicely they dress

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How popular they are

Question 7

Why do 14-year-olds face more peer pressure than 8-year-olds?

Accepted Answer

Younger children spend less time with their friends than teenagers do.

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8-year-olds normally don't have a lot of worries.

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Younger children get along better than teenagers do.

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8-year-olds are usually more mature than 14-year-olds.

Question 8

What is a true statement about peer pressure?

Accepted Answer

Virtually all adolescents face peer pressure

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Only kids and teens have to deal with peer pressure.

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People can influence each other without even speaking.

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Peer pressure is always negative.

Question 9

Someone offers you a cigarette at a party. What's the best response?

Accepted Answer

Say "No, thanks. I don't smoke."

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Try it once to see if you like it.

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Ignore the person.

Answer

Make up a lame excuse.

Question 10

The buddy system assumes:

Accepted Answer

Peer pressure is easier to resist in groups.

Answer

All peer pressure is good.

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All peer pressure is bad.

Answer

Being a loner is your best option.

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